Triangle is an engineering fraternity that was established at the University of Illinois in 1907.[1]

Chapters

Collegiate chapters

Following is a list of Triangle chapters.[1][2][3][4] Active chapters are indicated in bold; inactive chapters are indicated in italic.

Chapter Symbol Chartered/Range Institution Location Status Reference
Illinois ill April 15, 1907 University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, IL Active
Purdue pur April 8, 1909 Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Active [a]
Ohio State os February 2, 1911 Ohio State University Columbus, OH Active [b]
Wisconsin wis February 7, 1913 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI Active [c]
Kentucky ky October 31, 1920 – 1983; 2005 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY Active [d]
Cincinnati cin August 6, 1921 – 2005; 2014 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Active [e]
Iowa ia May 7, 1922 – 1948 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA Inactive [f]
Minnesota minn October 29, 1922 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Active [g]
Armour ar May 26, 1923 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL Active [h]
Missouri mo October 25, 1924 – 1933 University of Missouri Columbia, MO Inactive [i]
Michigan mich February 21, 1925 – 1971; 1975–1995, 2007 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Active [j]
Kansas kan January 8, 1927 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS Active [k]
Missouri Mines mom December 10, 1927 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO Active [l]
Penn State ps March 3, 1928 Pennsylvania State University State College, PA Active [m]
South Dakota Mines sdm September 27, 1930 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD Active [n]
Northwestern nu May 25, 1935 – 1987 Northwestern University Evanston, IL Inactive [o]
Marquette marq April 24, 1937 – 2019; 2021 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI Active [p]
Louisville lou March 22, 1941 University of Louisville Louisville, KY Active [q]
Cornell cor April 18, 1942 – 1985 Cornell University Ithaca, NY Inactive [r]
Michigan State msu January 8, 1955 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Active [s]
Clarkson cl November 16, 1957 – 1970 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY Inactive
UCLA ucla December 7, 1957 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Active [t]
Nebraska neb March 16, 1963 – 2011; 2016 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE Colony
Iowa State is April 25, 1964 – 2011; 2018 Iowa State University Ames, IA Active
Kansas State ks September 7, 1964 – 2019 Kansas State University Manhattan, KS Inactive
Oklahoma State oks November 21, 1964 – 1995 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK Inactive
M.S.O.E. msoe January 23, 1965 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI Active [u]
R.I.T. rit February 4, 1967 – 2010 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY Inactive
Colorado State csu May 27, 1967 – 2006; 2012 Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO Active
Rose Tech rose May 4, 1968 Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN Active
Colorado colo April 26, 1969 – 1972 University of Colorado Boulder, CO Inactive
Pitt pitt April 4, 1970 – 2001; 2007 University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA Active
UWM uwm April 11, 1970 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI Active [v]
Toledo tol May 22, 1971 University of Toledo Toledo, OH Active
Mississippi State miss November 11, 1972 – 1987 Mississippi State University Starkville, MS Inactive
Oklahoma ok November 18, 1979 University of Oklahoma Norman, OK Active
Virginia Tech vpi April 19, 1980 – 1996; 2015 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA Colony [5]
Connecticut conn March 27, 1982 – 1998 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT Inactive
U.T.A. uta September 27, 1986 – 2000 University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX Inactive
T.A.M.U. tamu April 9, 1988 – 1999; 2007–2009 Texas A&M University College Station, TX Inactive
Michigan Tech mtu April 16, 1988 – 2006, 2012 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI Active
T.S.U. tsu April 15, 1989 – 2008 Trine University Angola, IN Inactive [w]
Akron akr November 2, 1991 – 1997 University of Akron Akron, OH Inactive
Northern Illinois niu October 9, 1993 – 2006 Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL Inactive
Maryland B.C. umbc June 4, 2005 – 2019 University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore County, MD Inactive
Houston hou April 19, 2008 – 2019 University of Houston Houston, TX Inactive
UC Berkeley cal April 24, 2010 – 2016 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Inactive
UCSan Diego ucsd February 11, 2011 University of California, San Diego San Diego, CA Active
UNC Charlotte char April 30, 2011 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC Active
Cal Poly Pomona cpp May 7, 2011 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona, CA Active
UCI uci September 29, 2012 University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA Active
Florida Atlantic fau September 7, 2013 – 2019 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL Inactive
Penn State Behrend psb February 28, 2015 Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Erie, PA Active
Virginia Commonwealth vcu April 11, 2015 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA Active
Utah utah April 25, 2015 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT Active
Clemson clem April 8, 2017 Clemson University Clemson, SC Active
Washington uw May 21, 2022 University of Washington Seattle, WA Active
Washington State wsu Washington State University Pullman, WA Colony
  1. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing the Transit Club, established in 1908.
  2. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing the Transit Club, established in 1907.
  3. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing the Civil Engineers Club, established in 1912.
  4. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing the Kentucky Engineers Club, established in 1920. After going dormant, it reformed as a colony in 2004.
  5. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing the Civil Engineer Men, established in 1920. After going dormant, it reformed as a colony in 2010.
  6. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing the S.R.S. club.
  7. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Chi Sigma Tau, established in 1921.
  8. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Scroll & Triangle, established in 1921 at the Armour Institute of Technology. Armour later became the Illinois Institute of Technology.
  9. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Alpha Epsilon Rho.
  10. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Quad L, established in 1924.
  11. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Gamma Epsilon.
  12. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing the Grubstakers Club, established in 1902, at the Missouri School of Mines. The School of Mines later became the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
  13. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Sigma Epsilon, established in 1925.
  14. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Phi Kappa Phi, established in 1921.
  15. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Kappa Phi Gamma, established in 1926.
  16. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Gamma Theta Pi, established in 1922.
  17. ^ Chapter formed from the Pyramid Club, established in 1926.
  18. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing C.E.M.
  19. ^ Chapter formed from the Triangle Club, established in 1953.
  20. ^ Chapter formed from the Triangle Club, established in 1956.
  21. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Delta Alpha Epsilon, established in 1964.
  22. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Sigma Delta Omega, established in 1956.
  23. ^ Chpter formed by absorbing Nu Pi, established in 1981, at Tri-State University. Tri-State later became Trine University.

Statistics

New chapters by decade

Decade Total New Chapters
1907–1909 2
1910–1919 2
1920–1929 10
1930–1939 3
1940–1949 2
1950–1959 3
1960–1969 9
1970–1979 5
1980–1989 6
1990–1999 2
2000–2009 2
2010–2019 10
2020–present (as of 2023) 1

Chapters by region

References

  1. ^ a b Shepardson, Francis W., ed. (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (11th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. p. 233 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Active Chapters & Colonies". Triangle Fraternity. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  3. ^ Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (May 2, 2023) "Triange". Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed June 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Chapters". Triangle Fraternity. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ^ "Triangle Fraternity- Virginia Tech Colony". fsl.vt.edu. Retrieved 2023-06-12.

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